Summary:

In conclusion, the Human Resource Information System is not a new phenomenon – on the contrary, HRIS technology has been around for years. Only recently, however, have people begun to realize the serious benefits such systems have to offer. Nearly every business can stand to gain something in the realm of efficiency and operational cohesion, and HR information software is designed to provide exactly those improvements. Evolving technology is allowing HRIS to perform tasks such as to streamline the hiring process, formulating better recruitment strategies and decreasing time-to-hire, which results in an improvement in the quality of the workers hired and, consequently, an improvement in the quality of the business as a whole. For the globalising HRIS aspects, compare to the entire HRIS model, the transnational HRIS model is the best that bring efficiencies through network of competencies and processes, Provides flexibility through specialized roles and responsibilities, and creates a learning organization through the facilitation of multiple innovation processes. It is because the transnational is a conglomerate of multinational, global and international HRIS models. With HRIS, executives can track a variety of different benefits plans, electronically set certain eligibility requirements, and instantaneously calculate costs and details. Put simply, HRIS exists to make the HRM job easier – it takes care of the routine administrative tasks so that they can focus on more important issues.

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On Globalizing HRIS

 Simple words-Globalizing means that there is no boundary that allow connectivity and interdependence of the word's markets and business.

In the 4^th and 5^th week classes, I had explored the topic regarding about the globalizing HRIS. In general, there are four types of HRIS organization models that are Multinational, Global, International and Transnational. Most of the organizations are need to consider 3 different strategic need that drive organization in selecting model-the need for responsiveness through local differentiation, efficiency through global integration and learning through leveraging worldwide innovation and knowledge sharing.

 It had been seem that a global strategy involves a high degree of concentration of resources and capabilities in the central office and centralization of authority in order to exploit potential scale and learning economies. The multinational strategy, on the other hand, represents the opposite view of international strategy. Resources are dispersed throughout the various countries where the firm does business, decision-making authority is pushed down to the local level, and each business unit is allowed to customize product and market offerings to specific needs. For the transnational strategy, it allows for the attainment of benefits inherent in both global and multinational strategies. In my opinion, I think that by implementing the transnational model in organization can give numerous benefits in the organizations. A transnational model represents a compromise between local autonomy and centralized decision making. The organization seeks a balance between the pressures for global integration and the pressures for local responsiveness.

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Reference:

 Brewster,C, Sparrow,P and Harris ,P(2005).  Towards a new model of globalizing HRM. of Human Resource Management 16:6 June 2005 949-970

IS for competitive advantage

In my second week, I had learnt about the Information System for competitive advantage. It had been seen that the role of using information system itself can use to processing capabilities in one organization for the purpose of to gaining competitive advantage of another among organizations. There are five-phase planning processes that can be implemented to identify and evaluate strategy information system and to win top management support. According to Nick Rackoff, it underlying their approach is a conceptual framework that via an enterprise’s suppliers, customers, and competitors as the strategy targets of five strategic thrusts: differentiation, cost, Innovation, growth, alliance and other competitive strategies. Well, many well-known examples of use of information technology for competitive advantage involve systems that link an organization to suppliers, distribution channels, or customers. For example in Tesco Company, they use of cost leadership strategy that their objective is to become the lowest-cost producer in the industry, which understand their customers and can create competitive advantage and so benefit from lower prices and loyalty of customers. It is higher capacity utilization and can then help to reduce costs.

By using this competitive advantage, it can help the company declining costs of capturing and using information have joined with increasing competitive pressures to spur numerous innovations in use of information to create value. Other than that, a successful competitive strategy should be focuses on assessing the company unique strengths, identifying growth opportunities, collecting competitive intelligence, and responding to competitive threats. It will effectively support their company’s top-line growth objectives by helping them develop a differentiated and sustainable competitive position.

Well, in conclusion that I can made for this chapter is in order to be successful in the business, organizations should strategically aware of these competitive strategies. Strategic success requires a clear understanding of the needs of the market, and the satisfaction of targeted customers more effectively and more profitably than by competitors. Real competitive advantage implies companies are able to satisfy customer needs more effectively than their competitors. It is achieved if and when real value is added for customers.

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Reference:

http://www.tutor2u.net/business/strategy/competitive_advantage.htm

Johnston H.R,Vitale M.R, Creating competitive advantage with interorganization information systems (june 1988) MIS Quartely

.Rackoff.N,Wiseman.C,Ullrich W.A, Information systems for competitive advantage:Implementation of a planning process(dec 1985)MIS Quarterly.

Welcome to HRIS system

Well, in my 1^st week class, I was exploring to what is HRIS system about it. HRIS usually merged with information technology to focus on human resource management. This system consolidates computerized employee data into one data bank and its updates prior and future decisions according to the company's human resource management plan. Meanwhile, HRIS also makes it possible for online users to view an employee's history with the company, personal profile and benefits. In other words, it can be defined as a system that is a database designed that allow us to seek of all sorts of personal related information such tasks as capable to identifying and tracking contacts with applicants, maintain essential data on the status of each employee in the company, and in general make the process of Human Resources management much easier to maintain.

Apart for it components, HRIS is consists with a crucial components of human resource such as payroll, time and labour management, benefits for the employees and HR management. HRIS also tracks the employees' progress. It stores information with regard to the employee's time and work efficiency. HRIS traces the benefits availed by these employees and ensures that such benefits are timely and effective.

Based on the information as showing above, I’ve a clearly view that how is important HRIS system can be practice in our today’s organization or company. The information technology itself is expected to drive Human Resource transition from a focus on traditional transaction processing systems (manually-using paperwork) to a Strategic Human Resource Management. There are two ways of suggestion how to implementing HRIS in HRM. The first is the administrative use. This refers to the storing and consolidating of employee records that is used for daily operation. Administrative HRIS is always integrated with information technology. The second implementation is called Strategic HRIS which mainly aids the decision-making process. It involves using the administrative information to analyse an employee's value to the company. This is the important to those involved in the recruitment and retention of people.

In conclusion, The HRIS System is capable of handling all types of Human Resource functions.  HRIS as a whole mainly improves information sharing and communication between the company and the employees. HRIS made it easy for the human resources department to smoothly operate all components.

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Reference:

Asafo.A.B (2007).The Role of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) in StrategicHuman Resource Management (SHRM)

I am Who am I

 

Hi everyone, Nice to meet u ~douzo yoroshiku~ My name is Lim Shiao Yen and a kelantanese girl. I am part of a family with 6 members and I'm very close to my family members and consider them as my best friends. I took bachelor degree in Human Resource at University Technology Malaysia in Skudai. I like to develop myself. To do so, I took a Japanese language in my University and now I'm preparing to sit a Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in UTM. I'm not really the best. This fact drives me to study harder in this language. But, if I could get better result and can speak fluently in Japanese, I would like to study more and more. After my graduation from the university, I plan to further my study in Japan and my wish which is to become a Japanese sensai (teacher)To do so, I need to hardworking to make my dream come true.

This semester I had take HRIS course which explore me the knowledge on how information system function in manage and implement HR operation. I think that this course is very important for us especially for HR students. It’s facilitating them to make their job easily. By using IT (database), we can access information or modify it simply and can sharing an idea through this system.

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   «Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.» — Winston S. Churchill Thank you for reading my introduce ^^.